After months of hypothesis, Samsung has lastly unveiled its Galaxy XR headset to tackle Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional. The headset runs on Google’s Android XR working system and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 platform.
Galaxy XR prices $1,800, almost half the worth of the Imaginative and prescient Professional. It’s obtainable now within the U.S. and Korea. The headset presents as much as two hours of basic use and as much as two and a half hours of video playback.
The headset’s micro OLED show has 27 million pixels, six million greater than the Imaginative and prescient Professional, and a decision of three,552 x 3,840. It has a 90Hz refresh price, in comparison with the Imaginative and prescient Professional’s 120Hz. Galaxy XR options two high-resolution pass-through cameras, six world-facing monitoring cameras, and 4 eye-tracking cameras.
The headset weighs 545g, whereas the most recent Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional weighs round 750g-800g.
“Through a combination of its shape, advanced materials and the structural optimization of each component, Galaxy XR achieves an optimal balance between lightweight design and robustness for daily use,” Samsung wrote in a weblog submit. “The headset’s ergonomically balanced frame distributes pressure across the forehead and the back of the head, minimizing facial discomfort while providing steady support.”
Samsung says the headset options many experiences optimized for XR, reminiscent of Google Maps, YouTube, Circle to Search, and Google Pictures.
Customers can ask Gemini to navigate to locations on Google Maps whereas exploring the world in immersive 3D Maps. On YouTube, customers can ask Gemini to search out content material they wish to see and study extra concerning the video they’re watching. Customers also can convert 2D photographs into 3D in Pictures.
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In pass-through mode, customers can see the bodily world round them and draw a circle with their hand to seek for details about something in entrance of them.
With the headset, customers can multitask by having a number of apps open at any measurement, reminiscent of their browser, paperwork, and music app.
As for leisure, customers can stream content material on a 4K micro OLED display. Streaming companies, together with Crunchyroll, HBO Max, and Peacock, have reworked their apps for Android XR.
Individuals who buy the Galaxy XR by the top of the 12 months will get an Explorer Pack that comes with 12 months of Google AI Professional, YouTube Premium, and Google Play Go. It additionally comes with a $1 monthly trial of YouTube TV for 3 months, entry to the 2025-2026 season of NBA League Go, and entry to Standing Professional’s NFL PRO ERA, Mission Pulsar from Adobe, Asteroid, and Calm.
The transfer comes as Apple final week unveiled the most recent model of its Imaginative and prescient Professional headset that’s powered by an M5 chip, changing the present M2. The M5 chip enhances show rendering by 10%, and helps refresh charges as much as 120Hz (up from 100Hz). The headset additionally options 30 extra minutes of battery life over the earlier mannequin, coming in at two and a half hours of basic use and three hours of video playback.
